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Missouri compromise
When missouri was applying to become a state congress decided it was a slave state. Maine also wanted to become its own state so congress made it a free state. -
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Events that led to the civil war
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Wilmot proviso
The wilmot proviso states that slavey is banned in all mexican bought states. -
Compromise of 1850
Kansas is being attacked by the confederacy which lasted for many years. And california becomes a free state while mexico could choose to become a free state. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act required all civillians to help catch runaway slaves which made people in the north very unhappy. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book depicting the lives of slaves and how mistreated they were. -
Kansas Nebraska act
the dispute of slavery erupts again and the balence between slave and free states becomes unbalenced. -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas becomes a battleground where people who are for slavery are fighting with people who are against it. -
Dredd Scott decision
Dredd scott was taken to court in order to become free. Dredd's owner had brought him across the border to the free states where he would have become free -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Abrahan Lincoln and his opponent a man named douglas had a seris of debates across the states. Abraham Lincoln usuakkty spoke of the topic "A house divided cannot stand". -
Lincoln elected
Abraham Lincoln wins the election despite the fact that he wasnt on the ballot in southern states. -
John Brown's Raid
A man named John brown established a fort to help shelter runaway slaves.